On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use racial profiling in its militarized immigration raids across Los Angeles, halting an injunction that had barred officers from targeting Latinos based on ethnicity. The court did not explain the reason for its shadow docket order, which appeared to split 6–3 along ideological lines. In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the decision was “unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation’s constitutional guarantees,” opening the door to violent persecution of Latinos—including American citizens—by “masked agents with guns.” The majority did not respond to this extraordinary charge, perhaps because it is so obviously true.
It’s time to purge the Supreme Court. It’s clear that they don’t give a shIt about the law or the constitution. They are the activist judges the Republicans always whined about.
People put out these ideas, but I rarely see who or how they’d like them to be implemented. Who would you want to initiate the purge? Any democrat president fine?
There are several examples from antiquity that show that the people will solve the problem of the government doesn’t.
The vast majority of the time, the replacement ends up being worse. It’s tricky business overthrowing a government, and the ones that end up on top are usually the most bloodthirsty and least ethical.
Yes. Revolutions are almost always bloody and the result is almost always worse. The people, though, will have a taste for revolution and the second comes easier.
I assume you are pretty confident that you’ll survive the purge in-between. Too bad it won’t be true for everyone, but I’m sure that’s a sacrifice you are willing to make.
That was childish.
And these tough-guy calls for violent revolution aren’t? Please.
Expanding the court is the generally anticipated way to do that
There’s a mechanism for impeaching Supreme Court justices, which would apply to the six criminals.
Or, just ignore them and start a parallel court. If they won’t do their job, why keep listening to them?
Every accusation is a confession
Biden could have but didn’t. Most of us here knew this was coming.
Biden could have expanded the Supreme Court but he couldn’t have purged it. It takes a 3/4 vote in the Senate to impeach a Supreme Court Justice.
Right, that was one option. Clarence Thomas has clear cases of corruption as well that could be pursued outside of the impeachment process, right?
I don’t think so. They don’t have a binding code of conduct so they can’t be prosecuted for corruption.
Anyway to do this legally?
Being legal doesn’t make something right. The fascists have so stacked the system with Supreme Court and Circuit Court justices who don’t have a damn about the constitution that it would take a generation of concerted effort to correct IF they weren’t fighting tooth and nail to protect the advantage and obstruct change. The only way to really solve this problem is to burn the system down and rebuild it as what it was intended to be. Unrestricted capitalism has failed the people. It’s time for the people to tear it down and rebuildd to their advantage.
Sounds like you’re on board for the revolution right away, but it is legitimate to ask if we can fix the problems of this Supreme Court within the system we currently exist in.
I’m not sure whether some of these powers are executive or congressional, but past presidents have talked about adding more justices to the court, and I’ve also heard mention of removing lifetime appointments. I think the first is an executive power and the second is congressional? I’m also not sure how this specific situation can be dealt with now that the ruling has been made, but it sure seems like this court is disregarding precedence left and right… Sorry, I’m not a legal scholar, but I’m also interested in the answer to this question.
It will be VERY difficult to fix the Supreme Court without burning it to the ground. Trump appointed young, right wing extremists who will likely serve for 40 or 50 years. If one or more of the old conservatives retired over the next few months he will do the same thing again, likely someone who is even worse. Impeaching a Supreme Court Justice requires a 2/3 majority vote in the Senate which is stacked to favour the Republicans by the ridiculous electoral college. The chances of reforming the Supreme Court in the next lifetime are approaching zero.
Reform, true reform, will involve fixing the Supreme Court, elections, and education but also regulation, banking, and wealth inequality. The Republicans have for years obstructed when the Democrats were in power and lied and cheated and stretched the law while they were in power. It’s a one way valve. The democrats can’t do anything because of Republican obstructionism and they don’t seem to be able to stop the back sliding when they are in opposition.
I would love to see a government made up of AOCs, and Kat Abughazalehs, Zohran Mamdanis, and Jasmine Crocketts but even if you end up with a government of those people the Republicans who are left and the Republican governors will obstruct change for a generation at least.
In order to effect real change you would need at least 3/4 of the states to be solidly in Democratic hands with 2/3 of Congress in Democratic hands.
This is tyranny. Literal and explicit, without exaggeration.
Understand that and act accordingly.
The court did not address the worst rights violations: the ice agents refused to return the victims’ Real ID (driver’s license) and they probably copied his phone.
Meaning after taking his ID they can then indefinitely incarcerate him for not having ID. They can also prevent him from driving because he does not have a driver’s license.
And they added his data to a criminal database along with all of his social contacts and communication.
The court did not explain the reason for its shadow docket order
Cool that they can just do this.
yeah, it turns out unelected, lifetime appointees with the power to interpret the law with no oversight was a bad idea.
Technically, Congress can impeach supreme court justices, but that depends on Congress being functional, which it hasn’t been for a long time.
impeachment in US governance has always been a joke and a partisan cudgel used or withheld on the whims of whoever happens to be in power, with some notable exceptions.
Case in point: the only Supreme Court Justice to be impeached was reinstated because the proceedings, instigated by then-president Jefferson, was very unambiguously politically motivated.
Never said it wasn’t a political process. I guess what I’m saying is that I’d like a more functional and representative congress that can keep rogue judges in check. And maybe term limits on supreme justices.
Kavanaugh did, in a concurrence. I strongly disagree with his Opinion but at least he put words to paper. the others didn’t, so I assume the conservatives are fighting about the legal basis for their ruling.
they will have to eventually explain themselves at least, once this case makes it to the regular docket.
It starts with Latinos, it won’t end there.
Thanks there Latino’s for Trump.
When the alien anthropologists find the burnt out husk of our world in the (not so far) future and try to figure out what the hell happened, I hope they find Sotomayor’s writings and realize not everyone was batshit crazy.
I hope they find my memes
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Did they just erase the 14th Amendment and made it null and void? https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv I get it now. It says no State and not no federal. Federal is not a State.
"Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
I am not a lawyer so don’t take this as legal advice. However it seems to me that the Supreme Court really doesn’t give a shit about the law, the Constitution, or our rights.
We have all been figuring that out what every constitutional right not honored shit on one after another.
That’s been true since they decided corporations are indistinguishable from a single human being.
Insert meme with photos of an enormous crowd, and one single person, and Pam claiming they’re the same photo.
also not a lawyer, but I don’t think it’s required to see the vile shit that gas been packed into our government.
They gutted the 14th when they allowed Trump to run. They also used it to justify corporate personhood. Facists don’t really uphold anything ever except their own corruption and bigotry.
Terry stop was deemed legal in 1960s. This was expected as long a white people are safe or not effected.
Never heard of that before so for others:
A Terry stop in the United States allows the police to briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity. Reasonable suspicion is a lower standard than probable cause which is needed for arrest.
Stop and Frisk was the common name. It was used on NYC to target…wait for it… people of color.
As an outsider I’m genuinely shocked. So much for the melting pot. :(
The fact that the conservatives didn’t bother to explain their reasoning is entirely damning.
“Because we can.”
As a brown person. Yeah this is not new, America’s mask is just off now.
What, you think people weren’t just bidding on George Zimmerman’s paintings for his artistic capacity? Incidentally, someone who would have been prime illegal ICE detainment material had he not signaled as he did to the MAGA crowd. I imagine he’s their “one good Hispanic”.
It’s up to armed communities to now protect ourselves from the federal government.
Buy guns before they start blocking access.
Make America Gestapo Again
Sound like Americans need to start detaining the supreme court
I saw this coming. The SCOTUS is already compromised.
Can’t wait until the people start fighting back violently.
Us Americans are not gonna protest. We are to busy looking at memes
At least no Latinos voted for Trump, right? Right?
I am SO FUCKING GRUMPY after reading this as the first thing I saw waking up today
I’m sorry @TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works.
